diff --git a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bi_liveness.c b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bi_liveness.c
index 75e48259f25..94275d087e6 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bi_liveness.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bi_liveness.c
@@ -66,23 +66,3 @@ bi_invalidate_liveness(bi_context *ctx)
 
         ctx->has_liveness = false;
 }
-
-bool
-bi_is_live_after(bi_context *ctx, bi_block *block, bi_instruction *start, int src)
-{
-        bi_compute_liveness(ctx);
-
-        /* Check whether we're live in the successors */
-
-        if (pan_liveness_get(block->base.live_out, src, bi_max_temp(ctx)))
-                return true;
-
-        /* Check the rest of the block for liveness */
-
-        bi_foreach_instr_in_block_from(block, ins, bi_next_op(start)) {
-                if (bi_has_arg(ins, src))
-                        return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-}
diff --git a/src/panfrost/bifrost/compiler.h b/src/panfrost/bifrost/compiler.h
index 8219b2c2e0e..c0d71c2ccb2 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/bifrost/compiler.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/bifrost/compiler.h
@@ -751,7 +751,6 @@ bi_clause *bi_make_singleton(void *memctx, bi_instruction *ins,
 void bi_compute_liveness(bi_context *ctx);
 void bi_liveness_ins_update(uint16_t *live, bi_instruction *ins, unsigned max);
 void bi_invalidate_liveness(bi_context *ctx);
-bool bi_is_live_after(bi_context *ctx, bi_block *block, bi_instruction *start, int src);
 
 /* Layout */